Post #78297 by KuKuAhu on Fri, Feb 27, 2004 6:31 PM

Isn't the real question: "What were they using for falernum at that particular place and at that particular time when the drink containing it was first mixed and served?"

That may be an impossible question to answer, but is the only real solution to this argument if there is one.

It stands to reason that if a drink was created using Sazerac's syrup, then it should be made with the closest modern equivalent. The same holds true for Velvet Falernum.

I'd assume it safe to suppose that different drinks from different eras likely used a different falernum. In order to truly be this purist about it, we'd have to track down that info.

Given the relative impossibility of that task, can we just mix them with both, choose which one we prefer, and then stick with that? It's the only way to put this whole thing to bed.

As an aside, any of Beachbum's own recipes would be wrong if mixed with Velvet brand, regardless of it's historic authenticity, as Berry used a syrup to create them.

[ Edited by: kukuahu on 2005-05-26 14:13 ]